International Conference   Russia's Role in Human Mobility Historical and Contemporary Perspectives June 18-20, 2009   University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Levis Faculty Center, 3rd Floor 919 W. Illinois, Urbana Free and open to the public.
Conference Schedule (for complete conference details click here) All events will be held on the 3rd Floor of the Levis Faculty Center, 919 West Illinois Street, Urbana.   THURSDAY JUNE 18 5 p.m.: Opening Reception 5:45 – 7:30: Opening Remarks      • Welcome and remarks by conference organizers.      • Keynote address by Professor Stephen Kotkin (Princeton University):        “Europe-Asia, Coast to Coast.”   FRIDAY JUNE 19 Levis Center, 3rd Floor 9:15 - 11:30: Russia and the Governance of Migration 11: 30-1:00: Break for Lunch 1:00-3:15: Panel Two: Russia, Mobility and Migration 3:15-3:30: Break 3:30-5:45 Panel Three: Modes of Mobility in Russia and the Soviet Union   SATURDAY JUNE 20 9: 15-11:30 Panel Four: Itineraries: Forging Routes of Movement and Circulation 11:30-1 Break for Lunch 1:15-3:30 Panel Five: Russia's Place in Global Mobility Systems 3:30-3:45 Break 3:45-5:30: Closing Roundtable The Ralph and Ruth Fisher Forum is held in conjunction with the Summer Research Laboratory on Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia.  The conference is supported by the Ralph and Ruth Fisher Endowment Fund and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.   Organizers Prof. John Randolph Prof. Eugene M. Avrutin   For more information on the conference, please contact: Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center University of Illinois 217.333.1244 or reec@uiuc.edu   top

Past Fisher Forums   2008 Fisher Forum Interpreting Emotion in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Eurasia   2007 Fisher Forum Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn as Writer, Myth-Maker and Public Figure   2006 Fisher Forum Book Arts, Culture and Media in Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia: From Print to Digital 2005 Fisher Forum Commodity, Consumer, Entrepreneur?: Women and the Marketplace   2004 Fisher Forum Winds of Societal Change: Remaking Postcommunist Cities   (in Russian)   Documents English CFP, .doc English CFP, .pdf CFP po-russki, .doc CFP po-russki, .pdf